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Nassau County Review
Official Paper of Nassau County
FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, JULY 3. 1914
Vcl. XIX, No. 27
Freeport
HOW TO MAKE OVER A COUNH
Local Topics
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HIGHWATER TIDE TABLE
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Sinj^Ie copK's cf the KfvifW for sale at GrienVilatt's and F}raithwaitc'8,
Why Nassau County Will Consider a New Charter
and Some of the Factors that Make
the Task a Gigantic One
A JOB THAT CALLS FOR THE COUNTY'S BIGGEST MEN
" nVwVn.'tu%*,"'n rluli br the aditor.
sent
kind. The centers of poiiuiution are tilling u|i until their outskirts ainnost meet, and we have nearly the sanie
conditions that prevail in ino.-it of the Today by laughing breezes ti'ssed
It whispers of a nation's pride.
What's the matter with the government of Nassau Cnunty?
Every one intereated in County af¬ fairs knows that tiiere is a movement Railroad Avenue; Kiefer's, Nassau i on for a charter change of the foim of Countv Keview, DaSilva's and Go- government, betz'.s Main Street; DaSilva's, West, But why? Merrick Road. tf. j The average man will shrug his
-" - i shoulders non-committally when you
The summer time-table for the Long , ^^^ ^^f,^^ (^,^.^^ j^^ ^1^,,^ Nassau County Island Kailroad went into effect Wed-, t^at makes it necessary In change a nenday. form of government tliat is now in use
. , ,, ,,-,, I in all the rural counties of .N'ew York
The regular meeting of the Village | y^m^.
Hoard of Trustees will be held this : .j-j^J^.^ ^^^ ^^^^.^. features of Nassau I residential sections of New York City. Friday afternoon, July 3. County that ...ake il diiieitnt frnrii the ' Taking uji the makeup of the gov-
J p. . M„„i, other countie.i of tlie State and make erning bodies, those who desire a Mr. nnd Mrs. W. u. rincn, .^^""" , ,he present form of government there change set lor'.h that in the County Ocean Avenue, are entertain Dg a : p^^^,.^^ ,^. ^__ ^,^^^^ Tliev are: Koard of Supervisors there should be a
young son. who arrived early Tuesday ^ .j,^^ ^^^^.^^ ^^ population in «"small change in tne representation. Three morning. ^ .area. ; Sujiervisors is an awkward numtier.
The charactei: of this populatiun. jieculiarly suited to political combina-
The vast weafth in the Coiiiuy. tions, and furthermore, this number
,, . Cl • , ... i,„„n„„it in Tnese three elements are h.. tlu re does not provide an tquithbie rejireseii- yard last Friday night, breaking It •" ^^„ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ underlying fact that tation from the three towns. Hemp- iwo p aces. ' Nassau Coanty lies adjacent to a city stead, with an assessed valuation far
Tomorrow being a holiday, Fourth iof the first class. By it= position it of July, the Post Oflice will close at ! ab.iorbs the character of the city and 9 :;iO a.m. apd will iint open again un-i the conditions that prevail in a large
' part of the territory nf New York (_:ity arc duiilicated across the line in Nas¬ sau County. The system of govern¬ ment that is lest for a city is best for -Nassau County and under .-uch condi-
FOURTH OF JULY W. D. Nesbit Run up Oid Glory!
Let it blaze In red and white against the sky And tell the story of the davii
When hearts were stout and hopes were high. Forget the daily fights of greeil;
Forget the struggles, the dismay Of facing cruelty and need-- Run uu Old Glory for the day!
FORH-FOUR TOWN ELECTION DISTRIQS Woman Mysteriously
. : Killed
New and Impossible Election Ballot Provided by
Democrats Will Make Voting Very Slow
ALSO WILL MAKE COUNTING RETURNS SLOW
this population is made up of commut¬ ers and their families -city business men who have moved out into the suli- urban territory and who form what the County calls a "house and lot" population, so far as taxation problems Run up Old Glory! are concerned. There are big estates , Think of all
in many parts of the County, and there ' The old flag means to yot] and me, are a good many farms left, but the Of how the blast of freedom's call bulk of the population is of the other Shook out its folds from sea to sea
Ked with the blood that it has cris White with the souls of them died—
that
.Mr.-. William Bornscheuer turned! her ankle over while walking in h>.r|
til Monday morning.
Run up Old Glory!
Fling it forth
And feel anew the country call That thrills east, west and south and north
And has its word for one and all. Run up Old Glory—fling it far
.Across the blue of heaven's dome .\nd feel that every stripe and star
Is warder of your hearth and hom.e.
I The question of dividing the Town
; into smaller election districts as re¬ quired under the new election law ha-
' been occupying the attention of the Town Board this week.
I .A special hearing was helJ Minday afternoon to get the views nf interi'jt ed citizens. The meeting was caiied to order iiy Supervisor Hiram K. Sinith, who said that this gathering of the citizens of the Town was for the purpose of getting sugjreations and advice as to the tiest way nf dividing ,
the election districts, as was required , Committeeman Stephen P. Pettit uniier the new law.
.Mr. Gilbert of Cedarhurst said that the proposition (iresented great dilfi cuities, in any attempt to re-divide the districts. He had talked with men nf all political faiths and it was the gen¬ eral idea that no districts could be di¬ vided until after the election this Fall. He said that the law did net go into elfect until the tirst of July, 1915 (al¬ though the law plainly says that it goes into effect .April '22. I!il4l and he
.Mrs. '. ir-" ['alley, wiff ni'Wiliiani I). Bai.e,, ui ijcaipslead, was shot and almnjit instantly killed in the nttice of Dr. Eilwin Carman, West .Merrick Roai. at t-'.^io Tuesday evtning.
.Mrs. BiiiUy visited a friind at Rock¬ ville Ce.Ttre that afl>'rnenp. and nn her way heme stoppt'd at the doctor's of- dithcult to divide the district:, tice. Df. Carinan said there were a
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lit tilis time.
Supervisor Smith said that after all tile citizens had cnme lo this meeting there at least could not be any objec¬ tion to going over each district and re¬ ceiving suggestinns and getting ideas and this was accurdingly done.
Th^ fnlliiwing suggestions were mnde covering various districts;
No. 1. iMviding the District intn two districts liy Jerusalem Avenue making a nnVth and snuth district.
No. 4. On behalf nf this district, aid lliu votes Were polled last Fall. The Democrats and Kenublicans all agreed at every election, and he thought tnat if they were put in separate districts according to the suggestion which had been agreed upon liv the various ci in- mitteemcii, it might make the election mote interesting. He said he had been unable to hnd anybody t< claim to the Prngressive party, consequently had not cnnsuited them. ¦fhe suggestion was to divide the dis-
in excess of North Hempstead or Oys¬ ter Bay, has the same representation
as eacll nf the nther two towns. It is
argued that a board of five or seven RURAL GOVERNMENT
One rose in a sick man's room worth 4<i on a bier.—Tablet.
was positive that the Board was nut , trict by beginning at the corner of compelled (and in fact had no author I Archer and Grove Streets, running
through .Archer Stret t tn Church
ity I to change the di.-tricts until afti
number of persons in his reception room about 7:l.'i that evening when he looked in from l-is office and saw .Mrs. Baiiey. He dki nnt then h.inw her liy sight cr name. lit had hi? supper and then returned to his rece|ition room kvhnre several patients, including .Mrs. Bailey, awaited him.
Dr. Carman states that Vr.-. Bailey told him he had treated her before for hiT trouble, and that slie wanted a tonie.
"I told her I did not remember see¬ ing her before and she toUi .ine her name and said she had first met me at Mr, Kimball's house in Hempstead. I did visit .Vr. Kimball, at the request of annther physician, to examine him.
I gave .\'rs. Bailey some Ionic and she gnt up to leave, sayi.ig she wunted to catch the ^¦3o car fnr i.eiiipstead. She askcil me the time. We were 'ay standing near each other, about fifteen and feet frnm the sireet facing each other. There was a sudden crash, and we both turned toward the window.
As I turned I saw a pane of glass fall and at the same instant the muz zle of a big revulver pushed the cur-
the next general election, and he could i Street to Smith Street, to .Main .Street tain aside and was shoved into the
The First National Bank gives evi dence of its prosperity by declaring i •semi-annual dividend of 3 per cent, oi
its capital stock, payable July 1.
A. B. Wallace and fumilj have moved to the former .Montgomery place, iietween Freepnrt and .'Vlerrick. wiiere they will remain for the summer.
j tinns a rural form cf government
'not v.dil: s.'itisfacti.rily.
I Tliat is why it is proposed it
vili
membera would be more efficient, and might provide a different unit of rep¬ resentation. On the Town Boards it is argued that the justices of the peace who form the judicial wing of th- Tinvn governmeni, should nnt also sit nil the Town Board, and thereby act in
the govern/rient of Nassau and by a legislative cajiacily.
The ment ii is now T. ill' Hotel.
Mr for ner Sm th, Vo. el I
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ii-,inn Hole ha tills week'? i?r indcr maniig vr, formei!
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.entnf I'redi ricK
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uid Idrs. Harold W. re-idents of Freeport fi.ri:i.M-i.,' being Mi-s lire ( tilertiiiiiing a
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V L of the 47th Infant .' Eldr. d and 8 otficers, v iv. Oaks Hotel ground •:, Stop 88, July 4 and im battle will take place
A. II. Pinmy hi.s open! d a
g ill,use sit 167 .>nulh '..rn\".i
.Mrs. Pii'.iny ha.s I eon in ti.is
— tor nuuiy .veurs, nnd pinposis
to c;iiii!uci Ull allyehr-rouiui place.
1 nr n.iielU of Daiuiy .Murphy ii tes- tin inial was given in the form ni' ,. val devillo at the .'inerican Theatrt Moridiiy iiii-ht. The large tlieatre was boi irlu Up liy the I'liends of the sick iiia.i, v.-iin smne time ago had to be sent away t i recover his health.
Arciiei' B. Wallace was taken seri- ouMy ill with ptomaine [inisnning ThiirsihiV evening. His physician was sunininii.il, and worked over him for aev.'riil hours liefore he was qut nf dai;i'i. .M •. Wallace is now able to be .iinund, and is attending to nis work as u.>u..i.
, vK-e an net of the Legislature a commission
is lo be nariied to conduct a thoiough
investigation into ihe question of gov- ernment, dvvii'v ivhat cluingei are oe cessary. nnd draw iifi a charter cover-
ii.',' Xhi--: prniinsej changes. Tiiis charter will lie submitted to the people of thf ('i:i;i;ty, and If favorably ac.ed , Ul) i:i, wil, ,ro tn tl.e Lngi.-laiure t'fir :.[ rl':;-. ::l. It i.-, a Ini.v; rnad and thf coMiTTi^sion hiis i;oi-jct bei-ii named hy the Hoard of Siiiicrvi-o!:;, so the chaii,;!' IS as yei, I'lir ir. llie future.
Till .Nassau CnUniy .A-sociatinii, coinposed nrij:' ni,iy uf tin. weallhy resliieni-i ni the ('minty iniere.ited in goveriiiiit nti:l cnndit inns, but tunv traiiilorrned into a morn democratic orgiiiiiziilion that iiiclui->s Ooo of he I'.inst r.,.prpsenfiitive residents of the Cnunty, is ac ivtiv inleiesleu in :he cliurtei' cliarv^e. T!u' associauon ci.me
¦ tn being a iillle more tlian a juir agn, just in time tn take a part in lhe piopvised ciiiin.,.', and lhe ass.iciatmn i-- vv'orkiiig i.n,,-, Imnd in hund, v.'ith a^ll the liettei elements of the I'nunty to obtain a better fnrm of government.
¦"VVe have im plan nf liovernnient in mind nnw," said iieV. Oscar .Madd.iu- (.f -Vlii.diMSset, wTio is the secretary nf the .A.i-nciation. '"That wil! all have tn be determined by the Commi.ssinii. We are convinced that some features of the present governinent demand a change, but what these changes sliall he inu-!t be left to the .'Cotninissinn. Upnn them will be the responsibility." ¦'WhiiL we lire cnncerivd with nnw, h( add.d, "is 'iie ciioice of the Cn'n- nii--ioners. Upon that point will de- pe.id the success or failure of the scheme. We must have big men,
road men, absolutely wilhout |iolitical
A systematizing and centralization of the Tax Deiiartment is one of the most imporlanl reforms advocated in the Couniy, and the reformers point to the ]iresent du|ilication in tiie system
, of tax colleclion, which provides a sep¬ arate tax collector for each of the six-
, ty-one school districts and which makes necessary a sejiarate collection l< r ev- ery kind of lax in the Couniy. .As a substitute, it is proposed tu e-.taidifh a County Tax lureau, which shall h.ave charge of tlie collection of ail laxen in llle County and iduil' include every tax in the one collection, savir.g lees and oiher extra expense to the taxpayer.
To put all the roads of Nusiau (,'nun- ty under one control i.s another ni' ine objects of thuae who seek » chaii).,e in re that
A large automobile owned by Fred Welle, nl 2099 Bergen Street, Brook¬ lyn, aiul carrying several passengers. Collided -.vith a heavv wagon, owned by the Gilford Construction Coinpany of Jamaica, Ute Sunday night, badly
damaging the autofmddle and injuring ; cate the'popular sentiment a horse attached to the Gifford truck ; f^^,. j,, „j^„^^,^ ^C ^ ^^j^, ^^
liie governinent, and they by Ibis sti'p alone there wii, nv le¬ moved the chief tiiclnr thai .militiiles against gond roads in liie County. There are now four dil'.'ereiit si is of roads- -State roads. Cnunly rnjuls, buill by .-^tate and Cnunty logelbe;-, ain.l Town mads. In each of the lour class¬ es both lhe construction and Uk- niaiii- lenance are in the control of diii'eienl bodies, and good results are dillicult lo nfitiiin. It is iirnjiosed to have a f oun ty highway department thai will i;iive chatge of all roads, receiving Us pru- poruonate share of aid from the Stale. Witti this systeni it would be jiossible and practicable to einjilny a road ex- , jiert, who, afler careful study of road cniiditiniis, nuld advise what I'.ind nf road to build and how best to keeji it in rejiair. It is jVfftty well established : that macadam roads are not the best for .Nassau County, yet these roads are being liuilt simjily because il has not been deiermined jusi what kindof con- ntnnglement, and jirejiared to devise struction is best. One central high-
ON LONG ISLAND Busy liltie Freejiort forges into the news columns with the nllicial state¬ iiient that the village aiiminiptration will this year ¦ be jilactd on a sound bnsiness foundation by fhe paying nf all old debts. At the fame time, the Village Trustees open the bonks to .-hnw an increased budget and ajijirn- jiriations fnr improved governn.ent ser¬ vice generally.
It is a custoin for jirovinciai dwellers in the city to sneer at the alfairs nf the townshijis and villages of liie big Long Island communities but werejtliey wise they would more often envy the energy and hnnesty disjilayed in jiublic atfaiis by the administ ations of the Na-sau and Sulfolk villages. The careful nianner in which Ihe v:!i-inus ajijirnjiriativir-s are bslanced, the vigi¬ lance wit!i which the ixpenuiture "of every dollar is watched wilh the re¬ sulting absence of graft and wa-tc, might veil lie cnjii;.-il by the smug ci;i- zens of the met.oiin;!-.
V<e wonder if the thoiisnruls of sum¬ mer rc-i-lent a:,d visitorn in Nassau and ^-jltnik realize the extent to which their cniivenience, comfort and j.leas- uie i= eniianced by the village iiurh-„r- ities. .-Vnd We wo:idnr lh;-it ihey do not li'inw enou!,'h In leiirii .-niiiethiiig frniii the direct, .-iiiiipie and elfeCliNe systi 11 nf S'l: gnvernnient there, so that lhe 'i^.'.vleilge miglit lati r be brn'ir.ht 1 bear nn the cit.\- >ysterii nf gnveinn^'nt. where its elfect would be sn hem li-jial.
-lirooklyn T'iiiies, eJitnrial.
a government that will be for the ben¬ efit of the [leople, and not of the jioli¬ tieians. "
That is the attitude of the "better
element" of Nassau (.Jounty now, pnd
the wonfs of .Mr. Maddaus fairly indi-
The one
the plan
so it had to be killed. Beyond a few : j^ t^at it may be the tool of politi scratches, none of the passengers on i ^jg^;, to help themselves, and not to the truck or automobile were injured. : hy)p ^^^^ County. Everyone is waiting
for the choice of the Commissioners,
way dejiartmenf with a road expert as consulting engineer would be able to jiut the road >ysteiii of the County mi a business and scientilic basis.
Much the same conditions tliat jire- Vent good roads also handicaji the school system, and here again central¬ ization is the remedy prescrib-ed. "Fewer high s-^hools and better ones," ia the plea of the reformers, and tins matter will be taken up in the new charter. Instead of having a high
1st quality Garden Hose. 9c ft.
Lawn Sprinklers, 50c up.
Sprinkling Cans, 26c up.
Block Screening, 2c sq. ft.
Galv. Screening, 3c sq. ft. ; rolls 2Jc
Lawn Mowers, $2.45 to $9.25
Window Screens, 20c up.
O-Cedar Mops, 89c; oil, $2.60 gal.
Garden Utensils
Perfection Oil Heaters, $2.98
Chicken Wire, 160 ft. Roll, ic sq. ft., Jc opened
Chick Wire, lie sq. ft.
Nursing Bottles, 2 for 5c
Perfeciion Cook Stoves, 2 burner, $6.75; 3 burner, $9 00
Peroxide, 16 oz. bottle, 10c Da Silva
[ and they declare that upon that will ¦ school in almost every village, it is , dejiend the success of the plan. The | proposed to have one central high ' Supervisors have given no indication i school for a given area and convey the i of when they will select the seven men , students there from the nearby towns. I who will have charge of the work, and Today there is one high school being I so far there is no indication of who mainvained for four pupils in a village
will he chosen. - in the northerly end of the County,
' It is probable that when the Com
! mission is apjioinPed a government ex- attendance is not much greater. It is j pert familiar with the formation of : impossible, of course, to provide ade
charter will be empowered to aid the quale training in so small a school, j Board. while with large central high schoois
i While there is now no indication the best teachers can be employed and ' through the County of what form of modern methods of instruction intro- ! government the new system will be duced. It is proposed, too.
ANoTiil'.K LAW TO liALSE PKUIKS
Soiii.i n. lhe aiiundmeiits to the var- iou.=i'>"t;ite 1 iws will give a jiersnii a headiiclie if they decide tn keeji in inLich t.ith them and if he has to live up to ti.eiii. One ni the latest of these is .me;i'ioned in the Keview tlii*- week, ujioii iiilurniHiinii received from the Labor Department of the State. This pla jirnvides that girls working in stores or offices in villages having over 3000 inhabitants cannot work over it hnurs in -my ime day, excejit lo jno- vide fnr a hnliday one day, and must network more than 54 hours in a We.k. Briefly, where a man has a small store, in which his wife and daughter work, this law cannot touch him, and it makes nn dilVerence, but a man who runs a larger store and has to Subject of Scrmom. S emjiloy outside helji instead of having and other doinns
his girls work from the time the store j '"** ''»"•';*'
opens until it closes as has been done, he must employ more girls, and evi¬ dently work them in two shifts in order td keep within the law.
I am not attempting to criticize this law, but merely commenting ujion the conditions as they will naturally exist.
nnt see hnw the 'Town would sutf the districts were left as they are. , In sujjjiorting his contention he quoted from the old election law cf 1912, 1 which has been amended by the law of 191:i. liut when the new law was read to hllll he still insisted that the Board had no rii;ht tn make any change unti! after the election.
District .-Mtorney Lewia J. Sinith said that he concurred wilh .Mr. Gilbert in everything that he said. Tli-re was also a question in his mind as tn whether the Hoard had any jiow- (.-r, and certainly there was no penalty lor failure to live uji to the law, and i the only [lOssible detriment cnuld be ¦ that the voting might be slower in cer¬ tain districts. He said that all towns were not follo-.ving the }aw, and cited Oyster Bay Town. /
Supervisnr Smith sni:\ that the Ti Hoanl had taken good le.:;-al ailvice, their enunseloiv Jeremiah Wen I, j/ad advised theni that th- la-.v v,-ni-tt»rriiiily in force nnw but that it w-as ahsolrtely miindatory that ihn di.-;ricts be divid¬ ed hefi.r- .luly 1, 191 1. The i.u-mber.-^ nf the Hoard realiznl holier tlian any nne else, jerliups, the expense aim hard wnrk neces.siiry tn ii.ake the '-'haiiK'e, but Ihey Were salislied tiiul, till' advicn of till il- cnunsei was sound.
.Mr. Wnnd arrivid later in the alttr- lionii and tnnk the very jinsiiive stand liiai the lavv mu^t be nbeyed, althcigh he said he v.-nuld adinil then.- was im penalty tn obey il, b.-ynnd the facl if, disregardin;;-a law. lie said that lhe fact that the Count ins of New Ynrk, Kings and (.2ue"ii.- liad already obeyed the la-vv whii'h tiiey v.-ould nol have dniif witiinul comjieli I'll legal advice, | slinwed that there was nn (juestinn hut that wdl en the lav.' was iiraft been intended fnr il tn gn i at mice, and he i.'nuld nnt .see uny ground.^ fnr any other cnnteiitinn.
Fnriner Senator G. Wilbur Hnuuhty said that he did nol agree with .Mr. (iilbert and said that the highesi vnie ill any district was not abnut hoo, as qunted by .Mr. Gilbert, but over lino, and he also disagreed with the opinion of law- of .Mr. (jilbert. as the fnrnier law said the Board "may" divide the districts, but the juesenl law says "shall" do it; he thought, however it
.Merrick Knad. to nnrth limit of iii.> trict. This would give two polling places in tire houses cnnveniently in¬ caled. He said that no doubt over sitn votes shnuid be jiolled this F'all, and it would be a jihysical impossibility t.i dn it under j'resent cnnditinn.-.
Benson Smith agreed with .Mr. I'-i- tit, and said unless Uie change was made, undoubtedly a great tnaiiy would be liisfranchised.
No. 6. Kejuiblican t'nmmiiieeinan .McCalTrcy suggested dividing the di- Iricts by a line running through I'mi- teiinial Avenue, which was agri-ni tn hy William I'l'arsall, a inember nl tim Progressive jnirty. .Mr, n.il bert '.^hi.-- jiered to .Mr. l'ear^ail thai lu- ci nld get along, and il '.vas agai-i^t the pii'i- i-ijials ol tlu- I'rogres.-'ive party to di- vi-le M di-l' i -t lln-ess ab-niiii,ly le e, ¦- sary. C. 1-;. Whilihouse said that the division wa> nm al snlniely necessary af lb.' r.i;epnnt time. I) ..¦¦ ,i'-i.i--l ¦>. K.
time, but if it .* vy,. tn l:.': -^ /sllui.Vi--t--d w. n-
roniii. I could not say v hclher man or woman held it, as it was dark out¬ side. Il looked like a w.iite hand.
.\'rs. Bailey was standing facing the window. then came a single shot. I 'saw liys. Bai'ev clench ner hands, stHin'er, and. a^-^ .^he fi-l!, 1 jiinj'ed and •lied to catcli her. Tlieri-was a wound in h•-.- right should.>r. She tried to speak, but oniy could say, • Siie made anotlier etfnit to tiling, but in t'.vn niinutes I called i)r. Kuncie, whn across the sireet. "
W.ird reiichid I'-.e pni qual lers neariy an liniir afler the lra'j:edy ami in the meant inn- s.-nres of curin.-ily seikt'l-s -iiid triiinjiled nver the rounds and deslrnyed all possible clu^nce of cai^'ful invcstigal inn wiik. vVnr.i V. as ial. r received by Cnrniier Ni.rlnn IIII.I tne District .'Vttnriiey siiin- mone.l and h-' is iinw investigating tin. C',-:.- ni ::-,,¦-: . ¦•; :; -.i'!, Chi-f nf |',,|i^.( Uniand .M. ..anib and .'-^herif le'iK.
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ill.l li'uv he v.iied .'M 'lii-i i ;1:. IL- ..;¦;•
:iained thai tin bi.l v.-as j asieii at tne
;i.;-i;il session i'i lleci-niber. hel'.ire he
'. .-.line a liiin.bei ijf (he l.i Lri^i'i'lire.
m.l that be did imt Icri.iv.' ailyihiiig
liout It. but he a--uiriei| Cliiit the law
.a.- niandatnry. mid tbei e .|id ii..l -i-ein
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. s will iie 11. , i .-^a.u, .il
'ir;. Ha.l. _ ¦. . I'¬
ai 1 I. lives her husl'iiiid, I'.vn .
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¦ e this L-iiiniitable n.-.
: ' . |...-i-t h,is b.-. a ..vei i i,.i
j.nrli-rs and j.holni.-rapheis i
ing city dailies ban.bing the i-i
.Mention is made in Thursdi
jii-rs thai .Mrs. Carman had i
graph iii«talleil, i-n.-mei't ing !
blind's nlli.'e with her b.-drn.
tliat it was rmnnvid aflir tin
iin'.
... ive, -.1 'hililii - Alr\ , ; ^. .1.1,1 ;
bu-
nin bui one thing tn dn. in liivid.- 1 it hail the distl p.-t'^. in .,r ier tn ii',;..iniiiindate lo elfecl t!u' voters.
.'\fter a ioi,;,' ili:i"ll.-jinli 'h" li.cilll.'/ . ijourni: 1 In Tu. -i,|:iy af:.-; i ,'ni-,.
TO DIVIDE IiI.SIHIi T^ • t the sjieeial .-ession '['.lesday, a 1- solutinn to divide the di.-ti it-ts as re- quire'i bv hnv was j,asse I. Tne dis¬ lrict lo bf divided nr ch'ii.ged are :«n-:. 1. i, i'l. 0. 8. H. ll, 2, Li, 14, 1."., I''., l:i, 21, L'l!, ¦20. and '21, and it ;s ex¬ jiected there will be il districts under the new divifinii.
News of the Churches | In the Fraternal Orders
Hymeiieal
of Ihe week
The time limit is long enough for any
and there are other schools where 'th^ ! ["«"" ^° have to work in one week,
hut as I say, it will be imjiossible to keep the memiiers of a family from working as they please, and the larger family a person has the
chance he will stand in competition ing at 6 :-45 with his less fortunate neighbor who ing speaker.
An entertainment will be held in Bethel A. M. E. Church on Thursday, July 2, at 8 :30 o'clock. .Mr. and .Mrs. Carl Dexter, entertainers, will [iresent an evening o; humor, music, recita¬ tions and songs. Refreshments will be on sale after the entertainment; ad¬ mission, 25 cents; children 15 cents.
George M. Wilde, District Presi¬ dent, will lead the Epworth League better [devotional meeting next Sunday. even- Mr. Wilde is an interest- His address will without thggp must engage outside help. The more 1 doubt be inspiring and helpful. Let
there is no hesitancy on the part of the , central nigh schools to install manual
I think of it, perhaps this is not go j every Leaguer and friends come
training courses for those who desire | ^-^^ a law after all. If a person has i and give him a hearty welcome.
citizens in calling attention to the par , .,„ f, ^^^.„^„ .... ...^.„ .,..„ „^.,..^ ,
ticular phases of the present govern- that sort of instruction and who do not """?•='"''"'¦«" *« ^^PP"""'- Poss'bly he,
5-lOc Store and W. Merrick Road ' ment that demand a change. There , intend to take a college course. ' l'*''^'?'. *°'"* favoritism from the state \ At the Methodist Church, Holy Com-
Xdv«rtlMment I seems to be a unanimity of opinion One of the subjects that will surely '"'¦"* *"*i'-. l^J' the way, this is an- rnunion will be observed and members
among the leadipg men of the County ; be taken uji by the charier commis- ?*"*''.""^ ""Posed upon our genial j received at the morning service next
Daniel Frohman presents the cele-j that reform is necessary in the con
hrated film favorite, Mary Pickford, (ju^t of these branches of the govern- in "Hearts Adrift," a drama of devo- ment:
tion and sacrifice, providing Miss Pick- -p^^ makeup of governing bodies in
Town and County,
ford wit'i a distinctly new role, in mo¬ tion pictures at the Plaza, Wednesday, July 8; matinee and evening. Admis¬ sion, ms.tinee, 10 and 15c; evening, 10 and 20c.
AdTMtlMOMnt.
Smith & Bedell's prescrijition de¬ partment receives particular attention; ¦ee their adv.
Coal will cost more next month.
Buy now and save money. Freeport
Coal Co.
AdvarUa«in«nt
Try my special box of cut flowers, 75c, for the weekend. C. R. Ankers, florist. Rockville Centre, L.L Tele¬ phone connection; delivery anywhere. AdTarUMinant.
Standard Gasoline, 16c gal. G. Ben¬ nett Smith Garage.
Adver* ¦••oicnt
The Fee System of paying The tax system. The roads. The schools.
Rejiresentation of towns. The system of accounts. Purchasing for the County.
officials.
the fee system a remuneration that if [laid as salary would cause an uprising of indignant taxjiayers.
There will also be established under the new charter, it is predicted, a County Purchasing Bureau and it is figured that a big saving tu the County can be made over the present haphaz¬ ard buying pian,
A start has already been made in re-
sioners is the abolishment of the fee ! he«lth officer, to see that no employer Sunday ; in the evening. Dr. Curtice system for public officials. Some of ' »""*« ^is girls to |Vork iTiore than the | ^jj) .peak on "The Making of a Na- the County officials now receive under Psmiitled time each week.
A BORROWED COMMENT The Rev. E. 0. Tree of Roosevelt, L. I.; has built a $10,000 Methodist Episcopal Church for $i5o0 by secur¬ ing contributions of labor and mater- i ial. This is battling at Armageddon i)^y Sernion.
to some purjiose.—Eagle. Herbert A. Kellum, Forrest
The Young People's Society of thei^nd henry S. Starr.
tion." The sermfn will indicate some
of the elements which go to make a I jiermanenl nation oul of a gathering or I peojile and will mark some of the
jirovidential events and conditions | •'"'"es W. Cheshire , which attended the upDuilding of this ! Stephen W. Hunt. C i nation. It will be an " Independence! "f"^ "<'ward K- Pearsall
, Wallace R. Post, William
The D. B. P. Mntt Post Woman's Relief Corps will hold its annual lieaeh Jiarty to High Hill Beach on Wednes¬ day, July 22. Hoats 'will leave Pat¬ terson's dock, foot of liaynor Stn-et, at 9 o'clock.
D. B. P. .Mott Post No. 5;;7. G. A. R., will attend the fiag raising at the house of Hose Co. No. 1, Roosevelt, tomorrow, Saturday, morning, at 10 o'clock.
At the meeting of Freejiort Council No. 57, Jr. O. U. A. M., last Friday evening, the following officers were elected: Councilor, Howard E. PeHr- sal!; vice councilor, Rodney L. Scud¬ der; junior Jiast councilor, Hilbert R. Johnson; recording secretary, Frank S. Snedeker, jr.; ¦ssistant, William Edwards ; treasurer, Wallace K. I'ost; financial secretary, John W. Southard, jr. ; conductor, (Jrover Smith: warden, Peter Cokelet; inside sentinel, Jule Kaynor; outside sentinel, Irving Whal- »y; chajilain, Leon H. H. Rose; rep¬ resentatives to Slate (Council session to be held in Freejiort in Sejitember, John Fawcett, Wesley Golden alternates, ¦;. Merrill. •-^. Dunbar
liriiciN- .\'iii:i;l,-;(i.\
TTie aiiiiniini-.'inent ni th.- inarriiii..' Ill .Miss ('ynlbia Huggins, daiiglit. r nf .Mr. anil .Mrs. H.rtram I^eainan .1' '21'.i Grand Av.-nue, lo .lames .Mnrri-. nf Manhaltaii. is received. .Miss Ihiggins was nne of tlie jiojiular members of the younger set her.' a year agn, and was kiinwii as nne nf the best girl swim¬ mers of the secti.in.
The ceremony was jicrforineil l,y Al dermaii "Smiling Jack" K.-ardjii, in the cbajiel of tbe City Mali, Manhat¬ tan, al 4 n'elnck last Wedii.'sday iif- ternnnn. .Miss Huggins, accnnijianied by h.r mother and sister, Sarah, while Willam J. Dooley, of Manhattan, act- ed as best man. I-'nllowing the nuji- tials, a weilding luncheon wa> celi-. brated at Bustanoby's.
The coujile will remain in iManhat- lan until July, when they will cuine to Freepnrt to sjiend the summ.-r al the home ot the bride's parents.
— .Nassau I'ost.
WELLS MURRAY Miss Mary L. Wells, a teacher in the Seaman Avenue School, and Rob¬ ert J. .Murray were married Friday afternoon by Rev. S. O. Curtice.
--Observer.
.Mr. .Murray is the son of Mr. and
.Mrs. John Murray, and was for many
years in Ihe employ of the Nassau
County Review.
Centralization is to be the keynote forming the accounts system of the
of the change in government, accord¬ ing to a majority of those who favor a change at all.
Nassau County today, with an area of 252 square miles in the three Towns of Hempstead, North Hempstead and Oyster Bay, has an estimated jiopula¬ tion of 100,000. In 1910 it was 83,- 980, an increase of 51 per cent, over that of 1900. It is estimated that by 1920 the papulation will have jumped tc 160.000, and that by 1930 the jxipu- lation will be 275,000. The bulk of
towns but this matter will be taken up further and there will be installed not only an uji to-date system of town ac¬ counts bot a system of coat accounting so that the County will know all the time where the, money is going and how savings can be effected.
These are some of the problems that must be faced by the seven commis¬ sioners and it ia apparent that' their
(continued on page 8)
A LITTLE DIFFERENCE „ , . . ,.. ^ ,, ^ i.
Presbyterian Church will hold a moon A subscriber calls m.v attention to jjght sa,i this Friday evening, Julv 8. the contract that the village of Port T-^ey will start from Woodcleft dock
Washington has just entered into with the Nassau Water Co. for fire hydrants at $30 each per year, and wants to know what it would cost Freeport at that rate, and what it costs now. In the village of Freeport there are
Motorcycle Cop Fined
at 8:15; chajierones, Mrs. Eugene Hei land and Mrs. Thedore Dixon.
Toesdaj morning .Mntorcycle Police¬ man Otto Payne of the .Nassau County police, was fined $5 by Police Justice
t t'hurch I'¦''"* '"*^* '''''''*P°''* l'"''*^''^ eourt for driving his automobile through the street* withnjt lights ihe night before.
Verdict for Mrs. Harvey
A jury in the SU[ireme Court of Nas¬ sau County last Friday returned a ver¬ dict of 'th'2hO in favo' nf Henrietta A. E. Harvey of (Jceanside for the death of her hosband, whn was killed in the Freejinrt electric lighting plant on October IH, last.
A motion wa.-, made by Sidney Swez¬ ey, coun.sel for the village, to have the verdict set atide as contrary to the weighl of evidence. The court re- s.rved decision, in the meanwhile al¬ lowing cjunsel on both sides until Mon¬ day tn submit briefh.
On Tuesday Judge Van Sicklen d«- nied the motion and it is the general ojiinion that the village will not ap¬ peal.
More freeport News on Page 8
The pastor of the Baptist
ill preach next Sumiay morning on
present 2";8hydrBiU8. which can" be the nuojeit. "The Silence of Christ." _ "Hearts Adrift" is a dram« of tU.
The Lord 8 Supjier will be observed at ,, ,,_,,,,, , "^>*^^*'^imi is a orania of the
the close of the morning service. In' "Little Mary Pickford, the most shifting .sands of time and the surging
the evening, the subject of the sermon Poc"'""" »"<! highest salaried m.ition changing tides of life, an epic of the
will be "Face to Face with One's P'^fure atar in the world, will apjiear seti v.ith a d .-p human under current;
Life" I in "Hearts Adrift, " in motion [dc- to ^e shown ut the Plaza, ^Wednesday,
I tores, at the Plaza, Wednesday, July 8. July 8; aiatinee and evening.
(Continued on page 5) \ Adtertiapiaemt A4TartU«n«nt
easily figured to $8040, and at the present time we are paying absolutely nothing for our hydrants and for the fire protection given by them.
Local Topics CoDtiDQed od Page 8

D
Nassau County Review
Official Paper of Nassau County
FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, JULY 3. 1914
Vcl. XIX, No. 27
Freeport
HOW TO MAKE OVER A COUNH
Local Topics
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HIGHWATER TIDE TABLE
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Sinj^Ie copK's cf the KfvifW for sale at GrienVilatt's and F}raithwaitc'8,
Why Nassau County Will Consider a New Charter
and Some of the Factors that Make
the Task a Gigantic One
A JOB THAT CALLS FOR THE COUNTY'S BIGGEST MEN
" nVwVn.'tu%*,"'n rluli br the aditor.
sent
kind. The centers of poiiuiution are tilling u|i until their outskirts ainnost meet, and we have nearly the sanie
conditions that prevail in ino.-it of the Today by laughing breezes ti'ssed
It whispers of a nation's pride.
What's the matter with the government of Nassau Cnunty?
Every one intereated in County af¬ fairs knows that tiiere is a movement Railroad Avenue; Kiefer's, Nassau i on for a charter change of the foim of Countv Keview, DaSilva's and Go- government, betz'.s Main Street; DaSilva's, West, But why? Merrick Road. tf. j The average man will shrug his
-" - i shoulders non-committally when you
The summer time-table for the Long , ^^^ ^^f,^^ (^,^.^^ j^^ ^1^,,^ Nassau County Island Kailroad went into effect Wed-, t^at makes it necessary In change a nenday. form of government tliat is now in use
. , ,, ,,-,, I in all the rural counties of .N'ew York
The regular meeting of the Village | y^m^.
Hoard of Trustees will be held this : .j-j^J^.^ ^^^ ^^^^.^. features of Nassau I residential sections of New York City. Friday afternoon, July 3. County that ...ake il diiieitnt frnrii the ' Taking uji the makeup of the gov-
J p. . M„„i, other countie.i of tlie State and make erning bodies, those who desire a Mr. nnd Mrs. W. u. rincn, .^^""" , ,he present form of government there change set lor'.h that in the County Ocean Avenue, are entertain Dg a : p^^^,.^^ ,^. ^__ ^,^^^^ Tliev are: Koard of Supervisors there should be a
young son. who arrived early Tuesday ^ .j,^^ ^^^^.^^ ^^ population in «"small change in tne representation. Three morning. ^ .area. ; Sujiervisors is an awkward numtier.
The charactei: of this populatiun. jieculiarly suited to political combina-
The vast weafth in the Coiiiuy. tions, and furthermore, this number
,, . Cl • , ... i,„„n„„it in Tnese three elements are h.. tlu re does not provide an tquithbie rejireseii- yard last Friday night, breaking It •" ^^„ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ underlying fact that tation from the three towns. Hemp- iwo p aces. ' Nassau Coanty lies adjacent to a city stead, with an assessed valuation far
Tomorrow being a holiday, Fourth iof the first class. By it= position it of July, the Post Oflice will close at ! ab.iorbs the character of the city and 9 :;iO a.m. apd will iint open again un-i the conditions that prevail in a large
' part of the territory nf New York (_:ity arc duiilicated across the line in Nas¬ sau County. The system of govern¬ ment that is lest for a city is best for -Nassau County and under .-uch condi-
FOURTH OF JULY W. D. Nesbit Run up Oid Glory!
Let it blaze In red and white against the sky And tell the story of the davii
When hearts were stout and hopes were high. Forget the daily fights of greeil;
Forget the struggles, the dismay Of facing cruelty and need-- Run uu Old Glory for the day!
FORH-FOUR TOWN ELECTION DISTRIQS Woman Mysteriously
. : Killed
New and Impossible Election Ballot Provided by
Democrats Will Make Voting Very Slow
ALSO WILL MAKE COUNTING RETURNS SLOW
this population is made up of commut¬ ers and their families -city business men who have moved out into the suli- urban territory and who form what the County calls a "house and lot" population, so far as taxation problems Run up Old Glory! are concerned. There are big estates , Think of all
in many parts of the County, and there ' The old flag means to yot] and me, are a good many farms left, but the Of how the blast of freedom's call bulk of the population is of the other Shook out its folds from sea to sea
Ked with the blood that it has cris White with the souls of them died—
that
.Mr.-. William Bornscheuer turned! her ankle over while walking in h>.r|
til Monday morning.
Run up Old Glory!
Fling it forth
And feel anew the country call That thrills east, west and south and north
And has its word for one and all. Run up Old Glory—fling it far
.Across the blue of heaven's dome .\nd feel that every stripe and star
Is warder of your hearth and hom.e.
I The question of dividing the Town
; into smaller election districts as re¬ quired under the new election law ha-
' been occupying the attention of the Town Board this week.
I .A special hearing was helJ Minday afternoon to get the views nf interi'jt ed citizens. The meeting was caiied to order iiy Supervisor Hiram K. Sinith, who said that this gathering of the citizens of the Town was for the purpose of getting sugjreations and advice as to the tiest way nf dividing ,
the election districts, as was required , Committeeman Stephen P. Pettit uniier the new law.
.Mr. Gilbert of Cedarhurst said that the proposition (iresented great dilfi cuities, in any attempt to re-divide the districts. He had talked with men nf all political faiths and it was the gen¬ eral idea that no districts could be di¬ vided until after the election this Fall. He said that the law did net go into elfect until the tirst of July, 1915 (al¬ though the law plainly says that it goes into effect .April '22. I!il4l and he
.Mrs. '. ir-" ['alley, wiff ni'Wiliiani I). Bai.e,, ui ijcaipslead, was shot and almnjit instantly killed in the nttice of Dr. Eilwin Carman, West .Merrick Roai. at t-'.^io Tuesday evtning.
.Mrs. BiiiUy visited a friind at Rock¬ ville Ce.Ttre that afl>'rnenp. and nn her way heme stoppt'd at the doctor's of- dithcult to divide the district:, tice. Df. Carinan said there were a
.VOU:.! t
lit tilis time.
Supervisor Smith said that after all tile citizens had cnme lo this meeting there at least could not be any objec¬ tion to going over each district and re¬ ceiving suggestinns and getting ideas and this was accurdingly done.
Th^ fnlliiwing suggestions were mnde covering various districts;
No. 1. iMviding the District intn two districts liy Jerusalem Avenue making a nnVth and snuth district.
No. 4. On behalf nf this district, aid lliu votes Were polled last Fall. The Democrats and Kenublicans all agreed at every election, and he thought tnat if they were put in separate districts according to the suggestion which had been agreed upon liv the various ci in- mitteemcii, it might make the election mote interesting. He said he had been unable to hnd anybody t< claim to the Prngressive party, consequently had not cnnsuited them. ¦fhe suggestion was to divide the dis-
in excess of North Hempstead or Oys¬ ter Bay, has the same representation
as eacll nf the nther two towns. It is
argued that a board of five or seven RURAL GOVERNMENT
One rose in a sick man's room worth 4nulh '..rn\".i
.Mrs. Pii'.iny ha.s I eon in ti.is
— tor nuuiy .veurs, nnd pinposis
to c;iiii!uci Ull allyehr-rouiui place.
1 nr n.iielU of Daiuiy .Murphy ii tes- tin inial was given in the form ni' ,. val devillo at the .'inerican Theatrt Moridiiy iiii-ht. The large tlieatre was boi irlu Up liy the I'liends of the sick iiia.i, v.-iin smne time ago had to be sent away t i recover his health.
Arciiei' B. Wallace was taken seri- ouMy ill with ptomaine [inisnning ThiirsihiV evening. His physician was sunininii.il, and worked over him for aev.'riil hours liefore he was qut nf dai;i'i. .M •. Wallace is now able to be .iinund, and is attending to nis work as u.>u..i.
, vK-e an net of the Legislature a commission
is lo be nariied to conduct a thoiough
investigation into ihe question of gov- ernment, dvvii'v ivhat cluingei are oe cessary. nnd draw iifi a charter cover-
ii.',' Xhi--: prniinsej changes. Tiiis charter will lie submitted to the people of thf ('i:i;i;ty, and If favorably ac.ed , Ul) i:i, wil, ,ro tn tl.e Lngi.-laiure t'fir :.[ rl':;-. ::l. It i.-, a Ini.v; rnad and thf coMiTTi^sion hiis i;oi-jct bei-ii named hy the Hoard of Siiiicrvi-o!:;, so the chaii,;!' IS as yei, I'lir ir. llie future.
Till .Nassau CnUniy .A-sociatinii, coinposed nrij:' ni,iy uf tin. weallhy resliieni-i ni the ('minty iniere.ited in goveriiiiit nti:l cnndit inns, but tunv traiiilorrned into a morn democratic orgiiiiiziilion that iiiclui->s Ooo of he I'.inst r.,.prpsenfiitive residents of the Cnunty, is ac ivtiv inleiesleu in :he cliurtei' cliarv^e. T!u' associauon ci.me
¦ tn being a iillle more tlian a juir agn, just in time tn take a part in lhe piopvised ciiiin.,.', and lhe ass.iciatmn i-- vv'orkiiig i.n,,-, Imnd in hund, v.'ith a^ll the liettei elements of the I'nunty to obtain a better fnrm of government.
¦"VVe have im plan nf liovernnient in mind nnw," said iieV. Oscar .Madd.iu- (.f -Vlii.diMSset, wTio is the secretary nf the .A.i-nciation. '"That wil! all have tn be determined by the Commi.ssinii. We are convinced that some features of the present governinent demand a change, but what these changes sliall he inu-!t be left to the .'Cotninissinn. Upnn them will be the responsibility." ¦'WhiiL we lire cnncerivd with nnw, h( add.d, "is 'iie ciioice of the Cn'n- nii--ioners. Upon that point will de- pe.id the success or failure of the scheme. We must have big men,
road men, absolutely wilhout |iolitical
A systematizing and centralization of the Tax Deiiartment is one of the most imporlanl reforms advocated in the Couniy, and the reformers point to the ]iresent du|ilication in tiie system
, of tax colleclion, which provides a sep¬ arate tax collector for each of the six-
, ty-one school districts and which makes necessary a sejiarate collection l< r ev- ery kind of lax in the Couniy. .As a substitute, it is proposed tu e-.taidifh a County Tax lureau, which shall h.ave charge of tlie collection of ail laxen in llle County and iduil' include every tax in the one collection, savir.g lees and oiher extra expense to the taxpayer.
To put all the roads of Nusiau (,'nun- ty under one control i.s another ni' ine objects of thuae who seek » chaii).,e in re that
A large automobile owned by Fred Welle, nl 2099 Bergen Street, Brook¬ lyn, aiul carrying several passengers. Collided -.vith a heavv wagon, owned by the Gilford Construction Coinpany of Jamaica, Ute Sunday night, badly
damaging the autofmddle and injuring ; cate the'popular sentiment a horse attached to the Gifford truck ; f^^,. j,, „j^„^^,^ ^C ^ ^^j^, ^^
liie governinent, and they by Ibis sti'p alone there wii, nv le¬ moved the chief tiiclnr thai .militiiles against gond roads in liie County. There are now four dil'.'ereiit si is of roads- -State roads. Cnunly rnjuls, buill by .-^tate and Cnunty logelbe;-, ain.l Town mads. In each of the lour class¬ es both lhe construction and Uk- niaiii- lenance are in the control of diii'eienl bodies, and good results are dillicult lo nfitiiin. It is iirnjiosed to have a f oun ty highway department thai will i;iive chatge of all roads, receiving Us pru- poruonate share of aid from the Stale. Witti this systeni it would be jiossible and practicable to einjilny a road ex- , jiert, who, afler careful study of road cniiditiniis, nuld advise what I'.ind nf road to build and how best to keeji it in rejiair. It is jVfftty well established : that macadam roads are not the best for .Nassau County, yet these roads are being liuilt simjily because il has not been deiermined jusi what kindof con- ntnnglement, and jirejiared to devise struction is best. One central high-
ON LONG ISLAND Busy liltie Freejiort forges into the news columns with the nllicial state¬ iiient that the village aiiminiptration will this year ¦ be jilactd on a sound bnsiness foundation by fhe paying nf all old debts. At the fame time, the Village Trustees open the bonks to .-hnw an increased budget and ajijirn- jiriations fnr improved governn.ent ser¬ vice generally.
It is a custoin for jirovinciai dwellers in the city to sneer at the alfairs nf the townshijis and villages of liie big Long Island communities but werejtliey wise they would more often envy the energy and hnnesty disjilayed in jiublic atfaiis by the administ ations of the Na-sau and Sulfolk villages. The careful nianner in which Ihe v:!i-inus ajijirnjiriativir-s are bslanced, the vigi¬ lance wit!i which the ixpenuiture "of every dollar is watched wilh the re¬ sulting absence of graft and wa-tc, might veil lie cnjii;.-il by the smug ci;i- zens of the met.oiin;!-.
Vysterii nf gnveinn^'nt. where its elfect would be sn hem li-jial.
-lirooklyn T'iiiies, eJitnrial.
a government that will be for the ben¬ efit of the [leople, and not of the jioli¬ tieians. "
That is the attitude of the "better
element" of Nassau (.Jounty now, pnd
the wonfs of .Mr. Maddaus fairly indi-
The one
the plan
so it had to be killed. Beyond a few : j^ t^at it may be the tool of politi scratches, none of the passengers on i ^jg^;, to help themselves, and not to the truck or automobile were injured. : hy)p ^^^^ County. Everyone is waiting
for the choice of the Commissioners,
way dejiartmenf with a road expert as consulting engineer would be able to jiut the road >ysteiii of the County mi a business and scientilic basis.
Much the same conditions tliat jire- Vent good roads also handicaji the school system, and here again central¬ ization is the remedy prescrib-ed. "Fewer high s-^hools and better ones," ia the plea of the reformers, and tins matter will be taken up in the new charter. Instead of having a high
1st quality Garden Hose. 9c ft.
Lawn Sprinklers, 50c up.
Sprinkling Cans, 26c up.
Block Screening, 2c sq. ft.
Galv. Screening, 3c sq. ft. ; rolls 2Jc
Lawn Mowers, $2.45 to $9.25
Window Screens, 20c up.
O-Cedar Mops, 89c; oil, $2.60 gal.
Garden Utensils
Perfection Oil Heaters, $2.98
Chicken Wire, 160 ft. Roll, ic sq. ft., Jc opened
Chick Wire, lie sq. ft.
Nursing Bottles, 2 for 5c
Perfeciion Cook Stoves, 2 burner, $6.75; 3 burner, $9 00
Peroxide, 16 oz. bottle, 10c Da Silva
[ and they declare that upon that will ¦ school in almost every village, it is , dejiend the success of the plan. The | proposed to have one central high ' Supervisors have given no indication i school for a given area and convey the i of when they will select the seven men , students there from the nearby towns. I who will have charge of the work, and Today there is one high school being I so far there is no indication of who mainvained for four pupils in a village
will he chosen. - in the northerly end of the County,
' It is probable that when the Com
! mission is apjioinPed a government ex- attendance is not much greater. It is j pert familiar with the formation of : impossible, of course, to provide ade
charter will be empowered to aid the quale training in so small a school, j Board. while with large central high schoois
i While there is now no indication the best teachers can be employed and ' through the County of what form of modern methods of instruction intro- ! government the new system will be duced. It is proposed, too.
ANoTiil'.K LAW TO liALSE PKUIKS
Soiii.i n. lhe aiiundmeiits to the var- iou.=i'>"t;ite 1 iws will give a jiersnii a headiiclie if they decide tn keeji in inLich t.ith them and if he has to live up to ti.eiii. One ni the latest of these is .me;i'ioned in the Keview tlii*- week, ujioii iiilurniHiinii received from the Labor Department of the State. This pla jirnvides that girls working in stores or offices in villages having over 3000 inhabitants cannot work over it hnurs in -my ime day, excejit lo jno- vide fnr a hnliday one day, and must network more than 54 hours in a We.k. Briefly, where a man has a small store, in which his wife and daughter work, this law cannot touch him, and it makes nn dilVerence, but a man who runs a larger store and has to Subject of Scrmom. S emjiloy outside helji instead of having and other doinns
his girls work from the time the store j '"** ''»"•';*'
opens until it closes as has been done, he must employ more girls, and evi¬ dently work them in two shifts in order td keep within the law.
I am not attempting to criticize this law, but merely commenting ujion the conditions as they will naturally exist.
nnt see hnw the 'Town would sutf the districts were left as they are. , In sujjjiorting his contention he quoted from the old election law cf 1912, 1 which has been amended by the law of 191:i. liut when the new law was read to hllll he still insisted that the Board had no rii;ht tn make any change unti! after the election.
District .-Mtorney Lewia J. Sinith said that he concurred wilh .Mr. Gilbert in everything that he said. Tli-re was also a question in his mind as tn whether the Hoard had any jiow- (.-r, and certainly there was no penalty lor failure to live uji to the law, and i the only [lOssible detriment cnuld be ¦ that the voting might be slower in cer¬ tain districts. He said that all towns were not follo-.ving the }aw, and cited Oyster Bay Town. /
Supervisnr Smith sni:\ that the Ti Hoanl had taken good le.:;-al ailvice, their enunseloiv Jeremiah Wen I, j/ad advised theni that th- la-.v v,-ni-tt»rriiiily in force nnw but that it w-as ahsolrtely miindatory that ihn di.-;ricts be divid¬ ed hefi.r- .luly 1, 191 1. The i.u-mber.-^ nf the Hoard realiznl holier tlian any nne else, jerliups, the expense aim hard wnrk neces.siiry tn ii.ake the '-'haiiK'e, but Ihey Were salislied tiiul, till' advicn of till il- cnunsei was sound.
.Mr. Wnnd arrivid later in the alttr- lionii and tnnk the very jinsiiive stand liiai the lavv mu^t be nbeyed, althcigh he said he v.-nuld adinil then.- was im penalty tn obey il, b.-ynnd the facl if, disregardin;;-a law. lie said that lhe fact that the Count ins of New Ynrk, Kings and (.2ue"ii.- liad already obeyed the la-vv whii'h tiiey v.-ould nol have dniif witiinul comjieli I'll legal advice, | slinwed that there was nn (juestinn hut that wdl en the lav.' was iiraft been intended fnr il tn gn i at mice, and he i.'nuld nnt .see uny ground.^ fnr any other cnnteiitinn.
Fnriner Senator G. Wilbur Hnuuhty said that he did nol agree with .Mr. (iilbert and said that the highesi vnie ill any district was not abnut hoo, as qunted by .Mr. Gilbert, but over lino, and he also disagreed with the opinion of law- of .Mr. (jilbert. as the fnrnier law said the Board "may" divide the districts, but the juesenl law says "shall" do it; he thought, however it
.Merrick Knad. to nnrth limit of iii.> trict. This would give two polling places in tire houses cnnveniently in¬ caled. He said that no doubt over sitn votes shnuid be jiolled this F'all, and it would be a jihysical impossibility t.i dn it under j'resent cnnditinn.-.
Benson Smith agreed with .Mr. I'-i- tit, and said unless Uie change was made, undoubtedly a great tnaiiy would be liisfranchised.
No. 6. Kejuiblican t'nmmiiieeinan .McCalTrcy suggested dividing the di- Iricts by a line running through I'mi- teiinial Avenue, which was agri-ni tn hy William I'l'arsall, a inember nl tim Progressive jnirty. .Mr, n.il bert '.^hi.-- jiered to .Mr. l'ear^ail thai lu- ci nld get along, and il '.vas agai-i^t the pii'i- i-ijials ol tlu- I'rogres.-'ive party to di- vi-le M di-l' i -t lln-ess ab-niiii,ly le e, ¦- sary. C. 1-;. Whilihouse said that the division wa> nm al snlniely necessary af lb.' r.i;epnnt time. I) ..¦¦ ,i'-i.i--l ¦>. K.
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roniii. I could not say v hclher man or woman held it, as it was dark out¬ side. Il looked like a w.iite hand.
.\'rs. Bailey was standing facing the window. then came a single shot. I 'saw liys. Bai'ev clench ner hands, stHin'er, and. a^-^ .^he fi-l!, 1 jiinj'ed and •lied to catcli her. Tlieri-was a wound in h•-.- right should.>r. She tried to speak, but oniy could say, • Siie made anotlier etfnit to tiling, but in t'.vn niinutes I called i)r. Kuncie, whn across the sireet. "
W.ird reiichid I'-.e pni qual lers neariy an liniir afler the lra'j:edy ami in the meant inn- s.-nres of curin.-ily seikt'l-s -iiid triiinjiled nver the rounds and deslrnyed all possible clu^nce of cai^'ful invcstigal inn wiik. vVnr.i V. as ial. r received by Cnrniier Ni.rlnn IIII.I tne District .'Vttnriiey siiin- mone.l and h-' is iinw investigating tin. C',-:.- ni ::-,,¦-: . ¦•; :; -.i'!, Chi-f nf |',,|i^.( Uniand .M. ..anib and .'-^herif le'iK.
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The coujile will remain in iManhat- lan until July, when they will cuine to Freepnrt to sjiend the summ.-r al the home ot the bride's parents.
— .Nassau I'ost.
WELLS MURRAY Miss Mary L. Wells, a teacher in the Seaman Avenue School, and Rob¬ ert J. .Murray were married Friday afternoon by Rev. S. O. Curtice.
--Observer.
.Mr. .Murray is the son of Mr. and
.Mrs. John Murray, and was for many
years in Ihe employ of the Nassau
County Review.
Centralization is to be the keynote forming the accounts system of the
of the change in government, accord¬ ing to a majority of those who favor a change at all.
Nassau County today, with an area of 252 square miles in the three Towns of Hempstead, North Hempstead and Oyster Bay, has an estimated jiopula¬ tion of 100,000. In 1910 it was 83,- 980, an increase of 51 per cent, over that of 1900. It is estimated that by 1920 the papulation will have jumped tc 160.000, and that by 1930 the jxipu- lation will be 275,000. The bulk of
towns but this matter will be taken up further and there will be installed not only an uji to-date system of town ac¬ counts bot a system of coat accounting so that the County will know all the time where the, money is going and how savings can be effected.
These are some of the problems that must be faced by the seven commis¬ sioners and it ia apparent that' their
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A LITTLE DIFFERENCE „ , . . ,.. ^ ,, ^ i.
Presbyterian Church will hold a moon A subscriber calls m.v attention to jjght sa,i this Friday evening, Julv 8. the contract that the village of Port T-^ey will start from Woodcleft dock
Washington has just entered into with the Nassau Water Co. for fire hydrants at $30 each per year, and wants to know what it would cost Freeport at that rate, and what it costs now. In the village of Freeport there are
Motorcycle Cop Fined
at 8:15; chajierones, Mrs. Eugene Hei land and Mrs. Thedore Dixon.
Toesdaj morning .Mntorcycle Police¬ man Otto Payne of the .Nassau County police, was fined $5 by Police Justice
t t'hurch I'¦''"* '"*^* '''''''*P°''* l'"''*^''^ eourt for driving his automobile through the street* withnjt lights ihe night before.
Verdict for Mrs. Harvey
A jury in the SU[ireme Court of Nas¬ sau County last Friday returned a ver¬ dict of 'th'2hO in favo' nf Henrietta A. E. Harvey of (Jceanside for the death of her hosband, whn was killed in the Freejinrt electric lighting plant on October IH, last.
A motion wa.-, made by Sidney Swez¬ ey, coun.sel for the village, to have the verdict set atide as contrary to the weighl of evidence. The court re- s.rved decision, in the meanwhile al¬ lowing cjunsel on both sides until Mon¬ day tn submit briefh.
On Tuesday Judge Van Sicklen d«- nied the motion and it is the general ojiinion that the village will not ap¬ peal.
More freeport News on Page 8
The pastor of the Baptist
ill preach next Sumiay morning on
present 2";8hydrBiU8. which can" be the nuojeit. "The Silence of Christ." _ "Hearts Adrift" is a dram« of tU.
The Lord 8 Supjier will be observed at ,, ,,_,,,,, , "^>*^^*'^imi is a orania of the
the close of the morning service. In' "Little Mary Pickford, the most shifting .sands of time and the surging
the evening, the subject of the sermon Poc"'""" »"